Guys, what are your opinions on the 3-5-2 formation? I've noticed that it is rarely used these days. I have given 2-5-3 a go the last 2 seasons and I think it served me quite well. But I think I'm ready to step things up a notch and try a new one. 4-5-1 seems to be the default formation of choice these days, but I have two quality strikers (R) and (L) that I feel would be a huge waste not to utilise. And my defence aren't the strongest bunch (yet). My 5 default midfielders are my babies! Confused about how to proceed with things. Formation choices have always stumped me.
It used to be a popular choice back in the day, but I'm guessing it has become less popular choice because it wasn't as effective as they thought?
4-5-1 and 5-2-3 seems to be the strongest formations. i say that due to the high usage. the last 10 - 15 seasons i have been using 2-5-3 with both of my teams. i have done almost all the formations in my time and personally i like this one the best. Though i have to say it struggles against 5-2-3 formation. i always seemed to be beat by the odd against the borg so changed to 4-3-3 against him which seemed to work a few times.
I think i was the only team using 2-5-3 for a good while but a few have been using it the last year or so. For this reason i have decided to change my Northern Lights teams set up to 3-4-1-2 to see how it goes for a while. Used it with Realale a long time ago and had some success. Just trying to suss out the best styles to use for conditions etc. had some sketchy results the last month so the jury is still out.
Don't like 3-5-2 seems to be very weak for some reason. i am sure there are managers out there who will disagree
The insane transfer market has also moved me in the direction of attacking players for the time being
